Managing participation in Kaspersky Security Network

January 20, 2022

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You can manage your participation in Kaspersky Security Network at any time.

To enable Kaspersky Security Network:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. In the lower part of the main application window, click the Settings button.

    The Settings window opens.

  3. In the Settings window, select one of the following options:
    • Kaspersky Security Network with statistics—To enable Kaspersky Security Network, obtain information from the knowledge base, and send anonymous statistics and information about the types and sources of threats.
    • Kaspersky Security Network without statistics—To obtain information from the knowledge base, but not to send anonymous statistics and information about the types and sources of threats.
    • Save Kaspersky Security Network statistics to file—To save detection statistics to a JSON file. Files containing statistics for each date other than the current date are packed into a separate TAR archive. In this case, the application does not send requests and statistics to Kaspersky Security Network.
  4. Click the Enable button.
  5. In the Participation in Kaspersky Security Network window, carefully read the Kaspersky Security Network Statement, and select one of the following options:
    • I confirm that I have fully read, understand, and accept the terms and conditions of the Kaspersky Security Network Statement—To enable Kaspersky Security Network.
    • I do not accept the terms and conditions of this Kaspersky Security Network Statement—To disable using Kaspersky Security Network.
  6. Click OK.

    The OK button is unavailable, if no option is selected.

To disable Kaspersky Security Network:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. In the lower part of the main application window, click the Settings button.

    The Settings window opens.

  3. In the Settings window, click the Disable button.
  4. In the window that opens, do one of the following:
    • Click Yes to confirm disabling Kaspersky Security Network.
    • Click Cancel to continue participating in Kaspersky Security Network.

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